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"Yes they are a bunch of fucktards, but they are the only fucktards we've got."

Posted 3:59pm Monday 16th August 2010 by Julia Hollingsworth and Gregor Whyte

The University of Otago was subjected to the bitchiest, and most dramatic, student election campaigns in recent memory last week. Four (or possibly five) candidates are after the top job. Mitch Edwards, Harriet Geoghegan, Matt McKillop, and Dan Stride all actively campaigned while Nathanial Read more...

Russian Relationship

Posted 3:48pm Monday 16th August 2010 by Staff Reporter

University of Otago students could soon face the prospect of sharing lectures with students at St Petersburg State University in Russia, after a visit by St Petersburg Vice-Rector Professor Konstantin Khudoley last week. The possibility of sharing lectures via video-casting was discussed, as was Read more...

Mental Illness Study

Posted 3:45pm Monday 16th August 2010 by Teuila Fuatai

A University of Otago study has found that those who suffer from mental illness between the ages of 18 and 25 are less likely to have a full-time job by the time they turn 30. Led by Dr. Sheree Gib, the study involved 950 participants and compared factors such as income level, mental health Read more...

Groundbreaking Study

Posted 3:39pm Monday 16th August 2010 by Kathryn Guise

Researchers at the University of Otago, Wellington have carried out the first ever study into the reasons why pregnant women are admitted to intensive care in New Zealand. These women suffer what is termed Severe Acute Maternal Morbidity (SAMM). This occurs when a pregnant or recently-delivered Read more...

School of Business Cuts Confirmed

Posted 3:37pm Monday 16th August 2010 by Gregor Whyte

The amalgamation of the University of Otago Accountancy and Business Law department and the Finance and Quantitative Analysis department will result in the loss of almost ten jobs, the Otago Daily Times reported last week. 9.8 Full-Time Equivalent Positions (FTE) in teaching and administration Read more...

Weatherston appeal delayed

Posted 3:36pm Monday 16th August 2010 by Calida Smylie

Clayton Weatherston's appeal against his conviction for murder has been delayed. eatherston, 34, will challenge his conviction for murdering his former girlfriend, 22-year-old Sophie Elliot, by stabbing and cutting her 216 times in her Dunedin home in January 2008. Currently serving a jail Read more...

Referendum: Will. Not. Die.

Posted 11:43pm Monday 9th August 2010 by Julia Hollingsworth

The Referendum from Hell continues to cause controversy, despite an independent arbitrator throwing out all objections to how it was run.  Last Monday independent arbitrator Prof Paul Roth dismissed all the appeals that had been made.     In total eight formal Read more...

E-eeeek

Posted 11:42pm Monday 9th August 2010 by Gregor Whyte

A young woman collapsed and suffered a seizure after apparently consuming Ecstasy at the White-Out gig featuring Minuit at the Union last Wednesday.  An ambulance was called and the young woman was rushed to hospital. Concert-goers told Critic that many attending the gig had the Read more...

Proctor to be Probed

Posted 11:41pm Monday 9th August 2010 by

The Proctors Office is to be reviewed in October as part of a routine University of Otago process. The University is required to review all of its administrative departments at least once every five to seven years. The Proctor’s Office will be put under what is called an Read more...

Harriet Geoghegan wants to be the next Harriet Geoghegan!

Posted 11:40pm Monday 9th August 2010 by Julia Hollingsworth

Harriet Geoghegan is seeking re-election to the role of OUSA President. At the time of printing last week Geoghegan was the only person to publicly announce their candidacy. If Geoghegan is re-elected, she will be the first person to serve a second term as President since Paul “The Read more...

Would you like the Red Pill or the Blue Pill?

Posted 11:39pm Monday 9th August 2010 by

he University of Otago has formalised the new process that will govern those applying to the University for the first time next year. The new system will divide domestic applicants into those who gain Preferential Entry and those who will have to compete for places in the Competitive Entry Read more...

Proctology - 19

Posted 11:38pm Monday 9th August 2010 by Tailgunner Joe

he Proctor seemed to be having a bit of a slow week when I interviewed him, but as usual there were a couple of things exercising his mind: * Firstly, there have been “three or four” assaults on campus recently. These have been of the indecent rather than violent variety, although Read more...

Execrable - 19

Posted 11:37pm Monday 9th August 2010 by Julia Hollingsworth

Despite the dramatic mudslinging of the week before, the Exec was determined to play happy families this week, and any remaining tension was almost undetectable to the untrained eye. At Welcom’s suggestion, OUSA passed a motion supporting efforts to reduce the harm caused by excessive Read more...

Groundbreaking Study

Posted 11:35pm Monday 9th August 2010 by Kathryn Guise

Researchers at the University of Otago, Wellington have carried out the first ever study into the reasons why pregnant women are admitted to intensive care in New Zealand. These women suffer from what is termed Severe Acute Maternal Morbidity (SAMM). This occurs when a pregnant or Read more...

Mental Illness Study

Posted 11:33pm Monday 9th August 2010 by Teuila Fuatai

A University of Otago study has found that those who suffer from mental illness between the ages of 18 and 25 are less likely to have a full-time job by the time they turn 30. Led by Dr. Sheree Gib, the study involved 950 participants and compared factors such as income level, mental Read more...

Animal Law Week

Posted 11:31pm Monday 9th August 2010 by Calida Smylie

The University of Otago's first Animal Law Week is being held this week. The events are being run by the Student Animal Legal Defence Fund (SALDF), and aim to increase all students' awareness about society's treatment of animals. A number of interactive seminars will be presented by SALDF Read more...

Critic Steals PM’s Cup

Posted 11:31pm Monday 9th August 2010 by Staff Reporter

Critic’s Wellington correspondent pulled off a daring heist last week, gaining international media coverage after stealing Prime Minister John Key’s used coffee cup. Jackson Freeman took the cup after covering a talk Key gave to students at a Vic Uni hostel. In the talk Key said he was unhappy Read more...

Rrrreeeooww: OUSA goes high-school

Posted 4:50am Monday 2nd August 2010 by Julia Hollingsworth

OUSA is embroiled in a political crisis after five Executive members stormed out of an ‘Emergency Meeting’ dealing with matters resulting from the referendum. The meeting was called late last Thursday in an effort to push back the election date for the 2011 Executive by one week. Read more...

University Caps 31 Motherfuckers

Posted 4:48am Monday 2nd August 2010 by Teuila Fuatai

Thirty-one people have been declined entry to the University of Otago this semester due to the newly introduced enrolment limitations. Instituted in May, the new cap policy is designed to address burgeoning domestic roll growth. As a consequence entry was limited for 20 second-semester Read more...

Critic reads University’s emails…legally.

Posted 4:47am Monday 2nd August 2010 by Gregor Whyte

A Critic investigation has revealed that the University of Otago purchased Gardies with no clear plan of how to use the property. A Capital Expenditure Evaluation and related emails obtained under the Official Information Act make it clear that the University bought Gardies without a clear Read more...